The metal headbadges on all the Rivs I've owned were stickied on, not riveted.
On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 9:14:43 AM UTC-8, iamkeith wrote: > > How does everyone take the last bit about the decals, looks to me like you >> have the option to get the frame w/ headbadge only, no decal or you can >> have the Clem/Clementine decal plus a customized name/whatever decal? Am I >> reading that right? >> > > I think you get the "standard" Clem Smith Jr. or Clementine decals, > appropriate to the model, already installed... OR... a you get set of > generic letters that you can use to name the bike whatever you want. Not > both. I think it is intended to be a theft-deterrent (or, more > accurately, recovery aid) device - the idea being that yours would be the > only bike of it's kind, and easy to identify. (When they first talked > about it, I misunderstood that they were encouraging buyers to make them > ugly, so that they'd be less likely to be stolen in the first place.) > > I'm curious now though, after reading this, if the "headbadge" will just > be a sticker or an actual metal badge. The manhole cover thing sure would > look great in pewter > > >> All that said I'm going to be on the sidelines for this one... a Clem >> would be a great starting place for my wife but that she's already got a >> gorgeous motobecane mixte and bstone mtb. I can't wait to see these things >> get delivered and built up though! >> > > Some unsolicited advice from someone who's started to figure this > out: It's a lot easier to occasionally bring home additional, > unnecessary bikes for yourself, if you occasionally buy additional, > unnecessary bikes for your wife. It is ESPECIALLY easy to rationalize your > purchases when you can explain to them, first hand through their own > examples, what makes a good bike - one that really fits well and is a joy > to ride - such a "bargain." Buying my wife a Rivendell, even though she > wasn't asking for it, was one of the best things I've ever done. She now > rides 10 times more than she used to, she not only likes to go riding with > me but actually initiates it, and she has willingly gone on a week long > tour with me.... and wants to do more. Best of all, with the > Clem/Clementine, is that you can do this relatively inexpensively!!! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
